The Big Picture

By: Hindustan Times - HT Smartcast
  • Summary

  • The podcast where the big events of the week are discussed and Editor-Views, Prashant Jha, along with an expert, try to go beyond the news to understand the processes that are driving it. This is a Hindustan Times production, brought to you by HT smartcast.
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Episodes
  • 18: What does Jyotiraditya Scindia’s exit from Congress reflect
    Mar 16 2020

    The exit of Jyotiraditya Scindia reflects the weaknesses in the Congress Party. It also shows the BJP’s ability to attract political players. To understand the significance of this moment, political scientist Gilles Verniers joins this edition of The Big Picture.

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    15 mins
  • 17: From Article 370 to CAA: The diplomatic fallout
    Mar 9 2020

    Domestic decisions taken by the current government have led to a degree of international concern. Retd. diplomat Deb Mukharji examines the fallout of the internal dynamics on diplomacy and evaluates the responses in Bangladesh, the Islamic world and western democracies.

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    14 mins
  • 16: The Constitution at 70
    Jan 27 2020

    On January 26, India marked the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution. The text represents the audaciousness of the drafters - for they dared to dream of a democracy with universal adult franchise and fundamental rights for citizens in a society which was deeply divided on identity lines and was marked by poverty and illiteracy. What drove them? How has the Constitution fared since? To discuss this, Madhav Khosla - who teaches at Columbia and Ashoka Universities and is the author of a remarkable new book, India’s Founding Moment: The Constitution of a Most Surprising Democracy - joins this edition of The Big Picture.

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    16 mins

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